Cyprus has sent in two rescue teams with specially trained dogs to help emergency services on the ground in Beirut to find survivors trapped under collapsed buildings following a massive blast in the Lebanese capital. Nicosia has also pledged to dispatch medical equipment and aid to Beirut as part of an international campaign to help
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Cyprus will be flying in emergency medical aid to Beirut where a blast killed at least 100 people, injured 4,000 and made another 300,000 homeless. Lebanon’s Ambassador Claude El Hajal said her country has kept an open line with Cyprus since the blast, noting that Nicosia has expressed its readiness to send in medical equipment
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Thousands of people, including Cypriots, were left homeless from the devastating blast that rocked Beirut while Cyprus stands ready to assist, Nicosia’s ambassador to Lebanon Panicos Kyriakou said. The Cyprus Embassy and the Ambassador’s Residence were destroyed by the deadly explosion. Kyriakou attended a broad meeting at the Foreign Affairs Ministry to coordinate Cyprus’ action
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Cyprus health authorities are worried over the spread of coronavirus in the community following the completion of 3,000 random tests islandwide highlighting several clusters. In an attempt to determine where the virus is resurging, the ministry has announced another 10,000 free random test scheme to be carried out islandwide. In a written statement on Wednesday,
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With only weeks to go until what is usually the start of the illegal bird trapping season, British Bases police said more than €10,000 in fines have been issued to trappers in court recently, alongside a huge 10-year hunting ban for one individual. Exclusion orders, which mean convicted trappers will not be able to return
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A Cyprus diplomat is among the three Cypriot women confirmed injured following a massive blast which ripped through Beirut killing at least 100 people and injuring 4,000. The huge explosion in the port area of the Lebanese capital also caused extensive damage to the Cyprus Embassy. The embassy’s Charge d’ Affaires was wounded in the
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Supplying Egypt with, as yet, untapped Cyprus natural gas was reaffirmed during a video conference held between Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides and Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek El Molla. Speaking to CNA, Pilides said the discussion was very constructive relating to regional energy cooperation and security of supply. Pilides said issues related to Cyprus’ ‘Aphrodite’
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The Cyprus government has offered medical assistance to Lebanon that is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the deadly blast in Beirut port on Tuesday afternoon, that has left 80 dead and 4,000 injured so far. The explosions were seen from the coast of Cyprus, some 207kms away, and heard inland from the capital
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Some 200,000 passengers have passed through the gates of Cyprus’ two airports in July, according to Hermes, the operator of Larnaca and Paphos international airports. In comments to news site Stockwatch, Hermes senior official Maria Kouroupi said that 1,000 commercial flights were carried out to and from the airports. “In July, there were 867 flights
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Two massive explosions in the Lebanese port of Beirut Tuesday afternoon were seen from the coast of Cyprus, some 207kms away, and heard inland from the capital Nicosia. The explosion decimated the grain silos in the country’s main port and caused extensive damage to buildings throughout the Lebanese capital, leaving hundreds injured, according to initial
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